472-O – Reports.
§ 472-o. Reports. The said corporation shall annually, on or before the fifteenth day of January, report to the legislature the number and names of the children in its custody or under its guardianship, their age, residence, occupation, state of education, together with the changes in these particulars during the preceding year; the receipts and […]
472-P – Property Exempt From Taxation.
§ 472-p. Property exempt from taxation. So long as the property of said corporation shall be used for charitable purposes only, such property, both real and personal, shall be exempt from taxation.
472-Q – Powers and Liabilities.
§ 472-q. Powers and liabilities. Said corporation shall possess the general powers and be subject to the general restrictions and liabilities of incorporated charitable institutions.
472-J – Custody of Children, How Acquired; Notice to Corporation.
§ 472-j. Custody of children, how acquired; notice to corporation. The corporation shall be deemed to have acquired lawful care and custody of any child between the ages of six and eighteen years who shall have been surrendered to it by its parent or guardian; provided that such surrender is evidenced by a writing executed […]
472-K – Placement of Children in Care of Corporation; Effect of Placement.
§ 472-k. Placement of children in care of corporation; effect of placement. The family court may commit or place in said corporation, with its consent, any child adjudicated to be a juvenile delinquent or a person in need of supervision. Such commitment or placement in said corporation shall be to the custody and control thereof […]
472-L – Transfer of Certain Children by Agencies.
§ 472-l. Transfer of certain children by agencies. The corporate authorities of any agency now or hereafter having the lawful custody and care of any child not less than six years of age, and not awaiting trial nor under sentence for a term of years for crime, may, with the consent of said corporation, transfer […]
472-M – Power of Corporation as to Children in Its Care; Corporation to Act as Guardian.
§ 472-m. Power of corporation as to children in its care; corporation to act as guardian. Said corporation shall have the custody and control of all children surrendered, committed, placed or transferred to it under sections four hundred seventy-two-j to four hundred seventy-two-l, and shall have authority by its officers or agents to restrain and […]
472-N – Statements as to Age.
§ 472-n. Statements as to age. In all cases under this article where children shall come under the care, custody or control of said corporation, the age of such children shall, so far as said corporation is concerned, be prima facie deemed and taken to be correct as stated in the written surrender of the […]
472-E – Institution Continued; Powers.
§ 472-e. Institution continued; powers. The body corporate known prior to August twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, by the name of the “Burnham Industrial Farm,” the name of which was, on that day, changed to “Berkshire Industrial Farm,” which corporation was continued by the former provisions of this section, taking effect February seventeenth, nineteen hundred […]
472-F – Objects of Corporation.
§ 472-f. Objects of corporation. The objects of this corporation shall be to receive and take charge of such children as may legally come into its custody and care, and to provide for their support, education and training.